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I don’t know why I didn’t discover this author earlier. Maybe being brought up on a diet of books by western authors, I never really thought to read any Asian ones.

I am in the midst of reading this wonderfully weird 2-in-1 book by Haruki Murakami. Actually weird doesn’t even begin to describe it. It’s like dreaming 2 dreams simultaneously, each dream held in separate and distinct bubbles of their own where I zip in and out chapter by chapter.

“Hard-boiled Wonderland” tells of a guy who came into the possession of a unicorn skull and becomes the target of mobsters, while “The End of the World” tells of a land where roam beasts with gold fur.

Perhaps these 2 stories will come together somehow in the end. I am just halfway through the book, but I hope I don’t reach the end too quickly.

! ! ! ! W A R N I N G - S P O I L E R S - B E L O W ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! W A R N I N G - S P O I L E R S - B E L O W ! ! ! !

! ! ! ! W A R N I N G - S P O I L E R S - B E L O W ! ! ! !

UPDATE 2 OCTOBER, 2006

Gasp! The plots thicken. The bubbles have joined and merged a little into each other and now share a common zone. “Hard-boiled Wonderland” has this unicorn skull and talks about the end of the world. “The End of the World” has skulls of golden beasts with horns.

UPDATE 6 OCTOBER, 2006

Finished the book.

I have to say it’s one of those books when you reach the end, you let out this huge sigh, re-read the last bits in an attempt to savour the penultimate poignant moments of revelation. It’s absolutely… (over-working brain cells to avoid cliched phrases)out-of-this-world, a must-read, not-to-be-missed, one of the best ever, the pinnacle of creativity. Amazing!!! Brilliant!!!

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